TikTok is a popular short-form video app where users can create and share videos with fun effects, filters, and sound effects. TikTok has an extensive library of sound effects and music clips that users can add to their videos to make them more engaging.
One useful feature on TikTok is the ability to “favorite” sound effects you like. Favoriting a sound adds it to your favorites list so it’s easily accessible when making new videos. It also helps you keep track of sounds you want to use again. With millions of available sound effects, favoriting is an easy way to organize the sounds you enjoy.
Locate the Sound Effect
The first step to favoriting a sound effect on TikTok is to locate a video that uses the effect you want to save. Open the TikTok app and browse the For You or Following feeds to find a video with the desired sound. You can also search for relevant keywords or hashtags to find videos using a specific sound effect.
For example, if you want to save a funny meme sound, search for “#memesound” or scroll through the For You page until you come across a video using it. Take note of the sound once you’ve identified a video that uses it.
Open the Sound Page
To open the sound page for a particular sound effect, simply tap the sound icon on the bottom left while watching a TikTok video. This icon looks like a sound wave and shows the title of the sound being used. Tapping this icon will bring you directly to the sound effect’s page according to TikTok’s support article (How to find sounds and music).
Opening the sound page provides more information about that specific audio clip or song. You can see which videos are using it, who created it, lyrics if applicable, and other relevant details. This is the gateway to favoriting or sharing that sound with others.
Favorite the Sound
To favorite a sound on TikTok, simply tap the bookmark icon located below the sound wave graphic on the sound page. This saves the sound to your account so you can easily find it later.
According to TikTok’s Help Center, favoriting a sound adds it to the “Favorite Sounds” section in your profile. This allows you to quickly access sounds you want to reuse in multiple videos.
When you favorite a sound, it is saved privately to your account. Other users will not be able to see which sounds you have favorited.
Favoriting is a useful feature for content creators who use certain sounds repeatedly. It also allows users to curate a collection of their favorite sounds to easily find and use later.
Uses for Favorited Sounds
Favoriting sounds on TikTok allows you to easily find them later to use in your own videos. When you favorite a sound, it gets added to your “Favorites” tab in the sounds library. This makes it simple to locate your favorite sounds without having to search for them again.
Favoriting also lets you organize sounds into playlists for different purposes. You can create playlists like “Background Music,” “Funny Sounds,” or “Viral Sounds” to group similar sounds together. When making a new video, you can browse your playlists to find the perfect sound effects.
According to TikTok’s business blog, using trending sounds can help your videos get more visibility on the platform. Favoriting viral sounds makes it easy to stay on top of the latest trends and use them in your own content.
Find in Your Favorites
Once you have favorited some sound effects, you can easily view them all in one place. Here’s how to find your favorited sounds on TikTok:
Go to your profile by tapping the “Me” tab on the bottom. Then select the “Sounds” tab at the top of your profile page. This will display all of the sound effects you have favorited within the TikTok app.
Scrolling through your favorited sounds list allows you to quickly find, preview, and select any of your favorite sounds to use in new TikTok videos. It’s an easy way to access all your top sound effects in one convenient place for creating content.
Use in Your Videos
Once you have favorited some sounds on TikTok, they become easily accessible to use in your own videos. When creating a new TikTok, tap on the sounds icon at the top of the screen. This will open up the sound selection menu.
At the top of the sound menu, you will see a section called “Favorites” that contains all of the sounds you have favorited. You can scroll through and select any of these sounds to add them to your video.
Having quick access to your favorite sounds makes it easy to reuse sounds you like without having to search for them each time. Favoriting helps you curate and organize a selection of sounds that you can consistently use to give your videos a consistent vibe or style.
Organize with Playlists
After favoriting sounds on TikTok, you can organize them into custom playlists based on different themes or video types. This makes it easy to access certain sounds for specific videos.
To create a playlist from your favorite sounds:
- Go to your “Sounds” tab on your profile.
- Tap the “+” icon to create a new playlist.
- Give your playlist a name and description.
- Tap “Add Sound” and select sounds from your favorites to add to the playlist.
Playlists created from favorite sounds are displayed in the “Playlists” tab on your Sounds page. You can access them easily whenever you want to make a video using a certain sound theme or concept. Having customized playlists lets you group together fun sounds, inspiring sounds, scary sounds, or any other types of sounds (TikTok Creator Portal).
Unfavorite Sounds
If you want to remove a sound from your favorites, you can easily unfavorite it:
Go to the sound page again and tap the bookmark icon. This will unfavorite the sound and remove it from your favorites.
According to TikTok, tapping the bookmark again is how you unfavorite a sound.
Once unfavorited, the sound will no longer appear in your Favorites section. Unfavoriting is useful for cleaning up your favorites list and removing sounds you no longer want saved.
Conclusion
Favoriting sounds on TikTok offers many benefits. It provides easy access to sounds you want to use again, allowing you to quickly find them in your Favorites tab instead of hunting through the extensive sound library. Favoriting also helps you organize sounds into playlists for different types of videos. Additionally, favorited sounds can be used to identify trending sounds and music on TikTok.
Using your Favorites tab is the fastest way to access sounds you love. Simply tapping that heart icon saves so much time searching. Favoriting also streamlines creating videos, since you can quickly access relevant sounds. With the power of Favorites, you can more easily add the perfect sound to complement your next viral TikTok video.
